The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Documentary | History
Release Date
February 25, 2019
Duration
52 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.
Casts
Self - Narrator (voice)
Yoruba Richen
Green Book Excerpts Narrator (voice)
Delbert Hunt
Self - Smithsonian Institute Member
Marquette Folley
Self
Karen Allen Baxter
Self
Jennifer Ivey
Self - Civil Rights Activist
Henrie Monteith Treadwel
Self - Journalist and Local Historian
Murray Bishoff
Self - Pierce City Resident
Jack George
Self - Local Historian
Jamon Jordan
Self - Author
Candacy Taylor
Self - Idlewild Resident
Eric J. Lindsey
Self - Author
Ronald J. Stephens
Self - Idlewild Resident
Marilyn S. Taylor
Self - Phil Giles' Wife
Betty Jean Foote
Self - Flamingo Bar Waitress
Lois Perry
Self - Musician
Ron Handy
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Elizabeth Calvin
Self - Alberta Ellis' Grandchild
Irv Logan
Self - NTHP Member
Brent Leggs
Self - Author
Carol Jenkins
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Modjeska Monteith Simkins
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Businessman (archive footage)
A. G. Gaston
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Ralph Abernathy
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - LBJ's Cook (archive footage)
Zephyr Wright
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